Friends

9 x 12 | oil on panel

Both are good company and very fun to paint. The painting captures the feeling I wanted. As I was going thru my image files yesterday, I came across another painting from years ago. Thought it would be fun to post here, since it is the same person. 

12 x 9 | oil on panel

Art in Embassies — Tel Aviv, Israel

The four paintings above were selected by the curators of the U.S. State Department's Art in Embassies Program for display in the U.S. Embassy residence in Tel Aviv. The paintings, all oils, will provide viewers a glimpse of the lives of young Americans. Click on image to enlarge.

HERstorically Speaking Exhibition opens in New Brunswick, NJ . . .

Several photos from the reception area of the HERstorically Speaking exhibition at the Johnson and Johnson World Headdquarters. I feel honored to be one of 35 US artists juried into this exhibition sponsored by the National Assosciation of Women Artists, Inc.

Two people on their way into the gallery where my painting, Namaste, is joined by the other works in this exhibition.

Namaste, 36 x 18 oil on canvas

Wedding Prayer

oil on panel, 12 x 16 inches

This painting has been something I have wanted to do for fo many years. It began a year ago. I posted the painting in process last February. Then set it aside. Every now and then I would take it out and contemplate what to do next in order to create the feeling I wanted to convay.

About a month ago I began painting on the background, clothing, faces and flowers. It has now has the feel I was looking for. I call it finished. Click here to see the early stages.

National Association of Women Artists Annual Open Small Works Exhibition

What a Guy 10 x 8 oil

This painting shows a moment in a theater production. All of her expressions were wonderful and this one was such fun to paint.

What a Guy is now on its way to New York City for the National Association of Women Artists Annual Open Small Works Exhibition February 1 – 27, 2012, NAWA Gallery, 80 Fifth Avenue, NYC NY

HERstorically Speaking Exhibition

Namaste

oil on canvas, 36 x 18 inches

I have just received word that Namaste has been juried into the National Association of Women Artists HERstorically Speaking exhibition to be held at the Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, March 23 – May 23, 2012.

Watching My Brother

8 x 6 oil on panel

Saturday morning soccer games are often cold in the Pacific northwest. On this day there was a chilling wind as well. The players along the sidelines were jumping around to keep warm — so were the goalies. Some of the spectators were wrapped up in blankets and sinking farther into them as the game progressed.

Paint the Town Red!

The Red Kimono

12 x 9 oil on panel

This painting, from my Theater Series, is of a scene in Act II in one of the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society's productions of The Mikado. It is one of two of my "red" paintings in the exhibition below. Every painting in this exhibition features red!

The exhibition is up for the month of December. If you are in the Edmonds area, please stop by during the reception next Thursday, the 15th. The Ten Ladies will be there.

Reception: Thursday 15 December 2011 from 5 to 8 pm

Coldwell Banker Bain, 108 Fifth Avenue S, Edmonds, WA

Saturday Morning Soccer

8 x 6 inches oil on panel

Sometimes I find the spectators more fun to watch than the game. It really was quite cold. Note the umbrellas at hand. On this morning, rain didn't start falling until after the game was over.

My Brother Plays Soccer

8 x 6 inches oil on panel

This little girl was so much fun to watch. I noticed the bright pink coat first, then the socks, followed by the snacks and her expression. She was even more fun to paint.

The morning was very cold, more about that later . . . And it did not rain until we were in the car and driving out of the parking lot. Another great day in the Pacific Northwest.

Ball Four

8 x 6 oil on panel

I have been taking my camera to baseball and soccer games this fall. There are so many great shapes, poses in action . . . and great observers! I will soon be posting more.

I sometimes add the under painting sketch, the third image above, when I remember to photograph it.

The sun is out again . . .

Yesterday there were a few white clouds floating in a brilliant blue sky. It was just beautiful. It was only 63º but we were all ready to call it summer. The beaches along the lake even had swimmers! And, of course, all the parking spaces were already taken. We headed for the Bellevue Botanical Garden. So many cars, there was no place to park here either. 

Our next idea was downtown Kirkland to visit the galleries and then sit by the lake in the sun . . .  of course, no place to park. The only vacant spaces were in the library lower lot, which was just about empty. The "Permit Parking Only" signs on every post made it seem quite unfriendly, so we left Kirkland and went on to Kenmore to our favorite Starbucks, where we sat outside in the sun with our favorite summer drinks. 

Coffee shop sketches . . .

I had to take the car in for an oil change early this morning. Rather than wait for the car at the station, I walked down the street to a coffee shop. Unlike my last post, I had a sketchbook with me this morning. Interesting. I think I sketched this man once before . . . also around 7 am . . . same coffee shop and I was there for the same reason.

Coffee shop sketches . . .

I arrived in town a bit early the other day, so I stopped for chai at a favorite coffee shop. These moments are made for sketching, since people always make such wonderful shapes when visiting informally with friends.
There were many more possibilities in the room. Problem was, the backs of my chai receipt and an envelope were the only blank papers I had. A small sketchbook added to my purse would be a good idea.

NAWA 122nd Annual Exhibition in NYC NY

My Red Bow

10 x 8 oil

This little painting is from an early morning walk in West Lake Park, Hongzhou, Zhejiang, China. I went to the park between 5:30 - 6am every morning to sketch and paint before breakfast. I was amazed how many people, elderly to the very young, were out so early.

This little girl was walking with her grandmother. Her sweet face, big red bow and wonderful hair, just looked like a painting to me. Even though my visit to China was years ago, I am still using sketchbook and photo reference material in my work. There were so many beautiful moments.

My Red Bow will be in the National Association of Women Artists 122nd Anniversary Exhibition in New York.

May 3 - 31, 2010

Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery

417 Lafayette Street, NYC NY

Opening Reception: May 19, 2011 6 - 8pm

"Lantern Light"

20 x 16

oil on panel

In this painting I was interested in the color, value and intensity changes caused by light and shadow.

For those of you who enjoy seeing the beginning sketches, another one was posted on March 27th. For some reason it did not go out to those requesting notices of new postings. It can be seen on my Day to Day Painting site.

"Pixel"

14 x 11"

oil on panel

Pixel is the name of the little dog, an extremely well behaved pet. So well in fact he has been on stage in plays, doing exactly what was expected every night!

I usually don't shoot photos as the work progresses, but I always enjoy being able to look back after the work is finished and see how it began. By then the early sketches seem so alive and fresh. Perhaps that's because they are so quickly gone, and I have been looking at the later stages so long by the time the painting is finished.

Maybe I will stop early in the process, frame the panel and call it "finished" so I can enjoy the loose beginning for a while. Two of the early phase of this painting are below.

Visual Arts Society of Texas Annual National Exhibition

A Kiss

8 x 12, oil on panel

A Kiss is one of 63 paintings chosen by Benito Huerta, exhibition juror, to be included in the

Visual Arts Society of Texas 43rd Annual National Visual Arts Exhibition. The exhibition opens April 28, 2011.

another painting in process . . .

This is something I have wanted to paint for a very long time. Several days ago I began with the loose sketch below, marking the general composition.

12 x 16

oil on panel

Next came blocks of color for the larger shapes and gradually I began defining forms by adjusting changes in hue, value and intensity.

Almost finished.

Click here to see the finished painting.

Coming Exhibition in Kirkland WA

I just delivered Adventures with Harry II and In the Wings for Howard/Mandville Gallery's 20th Annual Invitational Small Works Show.

In the Wings

12 x 9

oil on gessoed museum board

I will be at the Reception on the 13th and would love to see you.

Preview Days - Saturday, Nov. 6th-13th.

Reception & sale of Paintings - Saturday, Nov. 13th from 5:30 - 8 pm

Howard/Mandville Gallery

120 Park Lane, Suite D Kirkland WA 98033